the politics on this, separate from the law. but on the politics front you've seen the massive shift in public opinion, in california and nationally. from opposition to gay marriage to support for it. how does that influence your argument to the court as well as what the court rules? the arguments, while they aren't decided by politics, they enter into a political atmosphere, no matter what's decided. >> i think it really, underscores the point that we're making is that the political process is working. >> the shifts in public opinion that exist in polls from one to the next, underscore the fact that americans are engaged in the debate and that's why we need to keep the debate with the american people and not have the supreme court remove it from the hands of the american people. the polls that matter on election day, californians have gone to the polls twice to vote on marriage in a nine-year period, those polls deserve respect. we're asking the supreme court to respect the opinions of californians in a poll on marriage. >> one